Day 11 – Some ideas on how to keep busy…. You are welcome… 1.Have a competition between your mustache and your bikini line – see which one grows longest in 12 weeks. 2. Undertake a craft project – fill all your empty wine bottles with candles – by week 2 you will save…

Day 10. I was doing so well. Well not in comparison to Karen on Facebook whose kids are snacking on raw onion that she home grew, whilst learning British Sign Language for fun, as she also runs a home business in conjuction with volunteering in her local neighbourhood. But by my own low standards, I…

It is Blue Monday today apparently. What a blooming miserable phrase. Talk about reinforcing basic misery! When I first read it this morning, I was like, “ahhh, that’s why today feels like a struggle…” Then I gave myself a virtual slap and highlighted the reality of the situation to myself. Today feels like a struggle…

The school bells rings and my children tear out, bags falling from their arms, coats flapping like capes behind them. They fly onto the nearest patch of grass and run, yelp, kick balls, chase friends. If you ever needed an image to describe living without a care – then this is it. Behind them, my…

In retrospect I am not sure why I thought it was a good idea. What sane person goes clothes shopping only days after the festive period has finished, when mince pies hang heavy on the hips and mulled wine lingers lusciously on the bosom. But yet I went, like a naive solider into battle, I…